What is your thinking about how to use the left-over space in Bemis? Diana Smith
On Fri, Nov 11, 2022 at 2:07 PM llas902551--- via Lincoln < lincoln@lincolntalk.org> wrote: > Dear Krystal, > Thank you for listing uses for the Community Center. > It really will be a place for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, thank you. > Lynne L > > Sent from the all new AOL app for Android > <https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.aol.mobile.aolapp> > > On Thu, Nov 10, 2022 at 8:37 AM, Krystal Wood > <ccbccommunicationscommit...@gmail.com> wrote: > Community Center Building Committee- November, 2022 > > > *The vision: what is a Community Center, and why would Lincoln want to > buildone?* > > A Community Center not only reflects the community at whose heart it sits, > it > strengthens that community. A Community Center is a year-round, > intergenerational > gathering place and activity center. A Community Center is a locus for a > wide variety of activities – health and fitness, social services, learning, > eating, socializing, creating, playing, participating. A Community Center > enriches the community by fostering organizational collaboration and by > housing an array of programs, for all ages. > > At its heart, the Community Center is a home for the Lincoln Council on > Aging & Human Services and the Parks & Recreation Department, both of which > do much more than most people realize, and both of which run constrained > programs in their current homes. The Community Center also provides a base > for 25 other community organizations whose work is critical to the quality > of life in Lincoln. But the vision of a Community Center on the Lincoln > School campus is of a building that exists not only to serve important > organizational needs and to optimize programming, though those might be > adequate reasons for building a new building, it is also of a building that > will attract residents of all ages to gather for coffee and meetings and > informal activities. > > Lincoln has a sense of community – we have impromptu encounters at the > transfer > station and at Donelan’s, we have annual events like the Scarecrow > Classic, the Girl > Scouts Pancake Breakfast, the July 4 parade, and we have Town Meeting. But > the > everyday contribution of a Community Center to the life of the community > and to the > sense of community can be far greater, and the possibilities are exciting > – because the number of people using the Center will be so much higher, > because the range of > activities will be much greater, because the opportunities for > intergenerational > interaction will expand, because the provision of social services will be > improved and > the organizations providing those services will be more robust. > -- > The LincolnTalk mailing list. > To post, send mail to Lincoln@lincolntalk.org. > Search the archives at http://lincoln.2330058.n4.nabble.com/. > Browse the archives at https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/private/lincoln/ > . > Change your subscription settings at > https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/lincoln. > > -- > The LincolnTalk mailing list. > To post, send mail to Lincoln@lincolntalk.org. > Search the archives at http://lincoln.2330058.n4.nabble.com/. > Browse the archives at https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/private/lincoln/ > . > Change your subscription settings at > https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/lincoln. > > -- Diana Smith PO Box 6294 Lincoln MA 01773 Home: 781 259 9759 Cell: 617 803 8022
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